Thousands of people were without power as emergency crews worked to rescue stranded drivers after storms caused flooding in California.
. In Sacramento County, dozens of people trapped in partially or completely submerged vehicles have been rescued, according to Dan Quiggle, deputy fire chief of the Cosumnes Fire Department.
The storm wasn't the only natural phenomenon plaguing Northern California on Sunday. About 200 miles northwest of Sacramento, a magnitude 5.4 earthquake closed a bridge while crews conducted safety inspections.Dozens of drivers also had to be rescued along a snow-covered Interstate 80 near Lake Tahoe on New Year's Eve, and the route to the mountains from the San Francisco Bay Area reopened to passenger vehicles with chains Sunday morning.
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